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.AUTOMATIC ADDRESSING MAGHINE.

No. 392,098. Patented Oct. 30, 1888.

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WITNSSES,

TATES llame Partiti* JOHN A. BROOKS AND WILLIAM OONSTANTINE BEAL, OF FERNANDINA, FLORIDA, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD 'IO THEODORE S'IARBUCK, OF

SAME PLACE.

AUTOMATIC ADDRESSING-NIACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,098, dated October 30, Il 888.

Application led August 5, 1887. Serial No. 246.201. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that we, JOHN A. BROOKS and WILLIAM CONsTANTINE BEAL, both residents of Fernandina, in the county of Nassau and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic AddressingMachines, and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view showing our new and improved automatic addressing-machine secured in its operative position. Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view of our invention. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of our addressing-machine taken with one side of the outer casing thereof removed and with its drive-shaft moved out to one side. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken on the plane indicated by line w of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken on the plane indicated by line y y of Fig. 2, and Fig. 6 is a detail view.

The same letters of reference indicate correW sponding parts in all the figures.

Our invention consists in a new and improved device or machine for automatically holding, feeding, separating, and pasting the labels or addresses upon newspapers and the like while the paper is passing around the feed-cylinder of the printing-press, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Referring to the several parts by letter, A indicates the feed-cylinder of the press, on the shaftB of which is mounted a gear-wheel, C, which meshes with an intermediate wheel, D, of the same size, which in turn meshes with a gear-wheel, E, on one end of the drive-shaft of the addressing-machine, the three wheels C, D, and E being of the same size, having the same number of teeth, and by introducing this intermediate Wheel, D, the drive-shaft of the addressing-machine is caused to revolve in the same direction as the shaft of the feedchine, the frame of which is firmly bolted or gear-wheel, H, having teeth on only a part of its periphery, while the remainder of its periphery is smooth, being without teeth. Below the drive-shaft Fare mounted,in the frame G, the two transverse rollers I and J, these rollers being arranged or journaled trans versely in the frame G parallel side by side,as shown, and having on one of their outer ends pinions K L, which mesh together, so that the said rollers are thus geared together on the outside of the casing G, their pinions K L being of the same size. The teeth of the mutilated gear-wheel H mesh with the pinion K on the outer end of the forward roller, Land as the pinions of the two rollers intermesh they are both rotated by the drive shaft, as indicated bythe arrows in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The rear roller, J, of the pair is formed with a row or series of depressions or perforations, M, extending transversely across its face, as shown, and the forward roller, K, is formed with a transverse series of teeth, N, adapted to enter the said perforations at each revolution of the rollers. Y

The frame G of the addressing-machine is formed at its rear with the upwardly-curved arms O O, in the upper recessed ends of which is journaled the shaft of a reel, I), on which is wound the strip of paper on which the various names and addresses of the subscribers of the paper are printed.

The rear lower part of the frame G of the machine is formed with a paste-reservoir, Q, having an outlet or trough, It, which leadsimmediately beneath the two rollers I and J, and in the forward end portion of this trough IOO beneath the said two rollers is journaled a pasting-roller, S, for applying paste to the under side of the strips on which the names and addresses are printed, the outer end of the shaft of this pasting-roller having a pinion, U, Fig. 5, keyed upon it,which meshes with a similar pinion on that projecting end of the forward roller, I.

The bearing-apertures V in the sides of the frame G, through which the ends of the two rollers I and J pass, are slightly larger than the ends of the said rollers to permit of lateral adjustment of the said rollers, and to effect this we employ the metallic yoke A', which passes around the frame G, as shown, with its hooked ends B' B' fitted around the rear roller, J, and a rubber cushion or other spring, C', is placed between the middle portion of this yoke and thefront of the frame G, and its pressure, which may be adjusted, will operate to take up lost motion and wear and press the two rollers I and J closely together at all times, their loose bearing-apertures V V permitting of this adjustment.

In the front part ol' the machine-frame G is a vertical chamber, D', in which works a frame or yoke, E', in the lower bifurcated end of which is journaled a roller, F', preferably of rubber, and the upper part of this frame E' is formed on one side with a recess, G', in which is seated a coiled spring, H', the upper end of which bears against the upper end of the said recessed side, while its lower end rests upon an inward projection, I', on the other side piece of the frame G, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. of the drawings. It will be seen that the tendency of this spring will be to hold the yoke or frame E' always up in its elevated position. The other side of the frame E' is formed with an outward projection or lug, K', which extends out through a vertical slot, L', in that side of the frame G and slides in the same, the upper rear side of this lug or projection being curved or rounded.

On the drive-shaft F of the addressing-machine, between the mutilated gear-wheel H and that side of the frame G, is rigidly keyed a cam-wheel, M', the cam portion of the periphery of which is adapted to engage with the projection K' of the frame E' on each revolution of the drive-shaft F, the projecting cam of the wheel M' being directly opposite the teeth of the mutilated gear-wheel H, as shown.

In operation, as the feed-cylinder of the press revolves it turns the drive-shaft of the addressing-machine in the same direction and the two rollers I and J are revolved inward toward each other, as indicated by the small volved during the revolution of the feed-cylinder, while the teeth of the mutilated gearwheel mesh with the pinion of the forward roller, I, and while thus revolving the said rollers draw and feed the addressstrip down between them and out at the forward end of the machine beneath the roller F'. A curved thin metallic guard, Q', is secured back of and beneath the rear roller, J, to prevent the paper strip from winding around the said roller; and underneath the forward roller, I, which has the perforating-teeth, is arranged a toothed guard, R', between the teeth of which the teeth of the said roller pass in revolving, and which prevents the paper strip from being wound up around the said roller. The addressed strip is thus drawn over the rear roller and under the forward roller and over the pasting-roller S, and as the said pasting-roller is revolved by the forward roller, I, through their meshing end pinions, it will be seen that as the label is drawn under the forward roller its under side will be covered with paste by the said revolving paste-roller. As the rollers I andJ complete one revolution, the teeth N of the forward roller meet and enter the transverse perforations M of the rear roller and enter the same through the paper strip, thus perforating the strip at that point at the end of a label containing one name and address. As the rear end of the label is thus perforated, its forward end is under the rubber roller F' in the lower end of the sliding frame E', and as the drive'shaft F continues to revolve the perforating and pasting rollers being at rest as the plain part of the mutilated gear-wheel is passing over them, the cam or eccentric M' of the drive-shaft comes in contact with the projection or lug K' on that side of the frame E' and forces the said frame with its roller F' down, so that the said roller will press the label against the paper on the feed-cylinder of the press, thus breaking the label from the strip at the point where it is perforated and pasting it on the paper. This operation is repeated at each revolution of the feed-shaft, whichl re- Volves with the same speed as the feed-cylin der of the press. Where more than one paper is printed for each revolution of the feed- IOO cylinder of the press, the wheel on the driveshaft of the addressing-machine is reduced in size to cause the drive-shaft to make as many revolutions as there are papers printed to each revolution of thcfeedcylinder, as will be readily understood. To the front of the yoke or frame F/ is secured a guard or holder, S', in which a sponge, T', is held to keep the rubber roller F' clean.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and great advantages of our new-and improved automatic addressing-machine will be readily understood and appreciated. It will be seen that the machine is simple, cheap, and strong in construction, is not liable to break or get out of order,

and is most efficient in its operation. It will 1 or casing, a vertically-sliding yoke secured automatically hold and feed the strip, sever each label from the strip, apply the paste, and paste on each paper its proper label, thus forming an exceedingly convenient and useful invention, which will effect a great saving in time and labor.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat` ent of the United States, is-

l. In an automatic addressingmachine adapted to be secured above the feed-cylinder of a printing-press, the combination of the frame or casing' having a slot in one side, a vertically-sliding spring-actuated yoke in the casing, formed with an outwardlyprojecting lug, a roller journaled in the lower` end of the yoke, a drive-shaft journaled in thesides of the frame, a cam-wheel upon the shaft at one sidel of the frame adapted to engage with a lug upon the yoke, feed-rollers, a support or reel for the paper, and a paste-receptacle.

2. In an automatic addressingmachine adapted to be secured above the feed-cylinder of a printing-press, the combination of a frame or casing, a verticallyjsliding yoke secured therein having a roller journaled in its lower end, a drive-shaft journaled in the frame, a

mutilated gear-Wheel secured upon the shaft,

two feed-rollers journaled in the frame, two pinions upon the outer ends of the shafts of the rollers, one of said pinions engaging with the other pinion and also with the mutilated gear-wheel upon the drive-shaft, a support or v reel for the paper, and a paste-receptacle.

3. In an automatic addressing-machine adapted to be secured above the feed-cylinder of a printingvpress, the combination of a frame therein having1 a roller at its lower end, two feed-rollers j ournaled in the frame,one of which is provided with pins and the other with holes or depressions, a toothed guard secured below the roller having the pins, a support or reel for the paper, and a paste-receptacle.

4. In an automatic addressingmachine adapted to be secured above the feed-cylinder of a priiitingpress, the combination of a frame or casing, a driveshaft, two feed-rollers adjustably secured in the frame, a metallic yoke adapted to pass around the frame and having its ends formed into hooks, said hooked ends being adapted to engage with the ends of the shaft of the rear feed-roller, an elastic cushion between the front of the casing andthe end of the metallic yoke upon the outside of the casing, a reel for the paper,and a paste-receptaole.

5. In an automatic addressing'- machine adapted to be secured above the feed-cylinder of a printing-press, the combination of a frame or casing, a yoke, a holder upon the front of the yoke, a roller journaled n the lower end of the yoke, a sponge within the holder, the paper-reel, and the paste-receptacle.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereunto affixed our signa tures in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. BROOKS. WILLIAM CONSTANTINE REAL.

Witnesses to signature of John A. Brooks:

Guns. P. JONES, JN0. C. HUfrcHINes. Vitnesses to signature of NV. C. Beal:

J. A. EDWARDS, JAS. MCGIFFIN. 

